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Showing 301310 of 27300 articles for Art. Décret n° 87-712 du 26 août 1987

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-26

…riod is terminated by the employee, he must give forty-eight hours' notice. This notice period is reduced to twenty-four hours if the employee has been with the company for less than eight days.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-26

Where a company or establishment normally employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies over a period of three consecutive months involving a total of more than ten employees, but no more t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1251-26

…before the end of the term provided for in the contract, it will, except in cases of serious misconduct or force majeure, offer the employee a new contract of employment taking effect within a maximu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-26

…aries and related benefits; 2° Indemnities resulting from this chapter; 3° Compulsory contributions due to social security bodies or social institutions; 4° Reimbursements which may, where applicable,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-26

In the case provided for in Article L. 1441-25, the industrial tribunal members are appointed jointly by the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment, by industrial tribunal, college and se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-26

…sual workforce of at least fifty employees without a trade union delegate where, following the procedure defined in article L. 2232-25-1, no member of the staff delegation of the social and economic c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-26

…ts to an extended agreement only concern wages, they are subject to an accelerated examination procedure, the terms of which are defined by regulation after consultation of the National Commission for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Voting procedure and election results.

Article L2314-26

…ecret ballot in an envelope. It may also take place by electronic vote, in accordance with the procedures laid down by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat issued after consulting the Commission nationale d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-26

…ganisation of working time, working hours, professional equality between men and women and the procedures for exercising employees' right of expression in companies not covered by an agreement on prof…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2316-26

Works councils operate in the same way as company-level works councils.

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